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steve moore is here with us. if the strike happens, some estimates say $1 billion per day hit to the economy. >> yeah, there's no question. if you -- you used the right word, cripple the economy. the ports in this country are the backbone of our trade, both export and imports and i've read estimates of $100 billion or more comes in and out. so it cook devastating, and reverberate throughout the economy. retailers, wholesalers. food distributors, everybody would be affected by the strike if it goes forward. >> exactly what do the unions want and what is management willing to do? how far apart are the two groups? >> it's interesting. they're not really -- normally in a wage dispute with the union,ettes it's about wages and benefits but in this case it's not. what the unions are objecting to, according to the media reports i've been seeing, is they object to new kinds of work rules and new kinds of efficiencies that the port systems want to put in place to make the ports more productive, lower costs. that's happenin
steve moore is here with us. if the strike happens, some estimates say $1 billion per day hit to the economy. >> yeah, there's no question. if you -- you used the right word, cripple the economy. the ports in this country are the backbone of our trade, both export and imports and i've read estimates of $100 billion or more comes in and out. so it cook devastating, and reverberate throughout the economy. retailers, wholesalers. food distributors, everybody would be affected by the strike...
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using automation. no you have owners of dock yards saying no, we're going to take that away or freeze it for people who come later. >> but why do you want to freeze business? why stick business in the mud right now so we can't progress? i'll give you a personal example. i was a floor trader, a human being on a trading floor. guess what happened? they figured out machines could do it better, faster and cheaper and what happened? we were displaced. business needs to progress and compete. if we don't get prices down to compete, all this business is going to go elsewhere. >> that's agreed but that's not the issue. the fact is that you have automation on the docks. you don't have containers that go right from the ships to the trucks as you know all up and down the coast and we have the panama canal now, bigger than ever. >> that's what they're fighting, automation. >> no, they're saying -- >> fred mcmahon said they're fighting automation. >> no, they're not. >> the machines have taken over but the point is
using automation. no you have owners of dock yards saying no, we're going to take that away or freeze it for people who come later. >> but why do you want to freeze business? why stick business in the mud right now so we can't progress? i'll give you a personal example. i was a floor trader, a human being on a trading floor. guess what happened? they figured out machines could do it better, faster and cheaper and what happened? we were displaced. business needs to progress and compete. if...
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that's what you use to bring down spending. >> i wonder if we use the word lunatic. obviously they can make very tough decisions regarding certain issues. >> it is absurd. these are basic prince talls. when i really grew to love you, neil, and i am not kidding, was back during tarp. all of those around us, you, say losing their head and you said you have to give the treasury secretary a billion or it is over. that's a socialist deal. the federal government buying private assets. and i was so depressed and i fought it and i was so emotional. >> i give my credit to you. >> on saturday morning you had the socialist candidate for president on your show. as i sat there depressed you said you guys were against tarp. they said well we realized after it passed that this is the greatest day for socialism. you did that. you brought back some encouragement some particularly you were getting it and spreading truth and lies. thank you for not being a lunatic. >> we are modest by nature. congressman thank you very much. we will continue pounding this. tonight at 8:00 on fox busine
that's what you use to bring down spending. >> i wonder if we use the word lunatic. obviously they can make very tough decisions regarding certain issues. >> it is absurd. these are basic prince talls. when i really grew to love you, neil, and i am not kidding, was back during tarp. all of those around us, you, say losing their head and you said you have to give the treasury secretary a billion or it is over. that's a socialist deal. the federal government buying private assets. and...
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thank you for joining us. i want to point out to the viewers, john boehner is leaving the -- he just left the white house and it looks like the meeting has come to an end. it's been -- there he is getting in the car right there with an aide, closing the door. that's boehner's suv. they went in at 3:10. it's 4:19, so an hour and ten minutes. we're going to keep an eye on this and see if any of these guys come to a microphone. >> last minute deal averting a massive union strike up and down the east coast and gulf coast but only for a month. why michelle says this cost the costliest union threat yet. off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. >>> you're looking at literally 45 second ago, nancy pelosi exiting the mee
thank you for joining us. i want to point out to the viewers, john boehner is leaving the -- he just left the white house and it looks like the meeting has come to an end. it's been -- there he is getting in the car right there with an aide, closing the door. that's boehner's suv. they went in at 3:10. it's 4:19, so an hour and ten minutes. we're going to keep an eye on this and see if any of these guys come to a microphone. >> last minute deal averting a massive union strike up and down...